Tag: Robotic

Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications Artificial Muscles and Sensors


Free Download Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications: Artificial Muscles and Sensors By R. Samatham, K. J. Kim, D. Dogruer (auth.), Kwang J. Kim PhD, Satoshi Tadokoro (eds.)
2007 | 281 Pages | ISBN: 184628371X | PDF | 5 MB
Electroactive polymers (EAPs) respond to electrical stimulation with large deformations. They are dynamic actuators which have attracted attention from an interdisciplinary audience of engineers and scientists. An enabling EAP technology is emerging which attempts to imitate the properties of natural muscle and which, as a result, can perform a unique function in a variety of biologically-inspired robotics applications.Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications covers the fundamental properties, modelling and demonstration of EAPs in robotic applications, focusing particularly on artificial muscles and sensors. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators and Dielectric Elastomers are discussed within the book with chapters on their properties and their uses in robotics applications.With its concentration on devices based on EAPs and their uses, Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications will be of interest to researchers working within this field as well as to postgraduate students studying robotics or smart materials and structures. Practitioners working in the mechanical, electrical and materials industries will also find this book of value.

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Secure Coordination Control of Networked Robotic Systems From a Control Theory Perspective


Free Download Secure Coordination Control of Networked Robotic Systems: From a Control Theory Perspective by Xiaolei Li, Jiange Wang, Xiaoyuan Luo
English | March 20, 2024 | ISBN: 981999358X | 253 pages | MOBI | 33 Mb
As one of the core equipments and actuators, robotic technology has attracted much attention and has made great progress. However, a single robotic system is often unable to handle complex tasks due to limitations in sensors, microprocessors, actuators, and the ability to handle complex situations. With the development of distributed control and microprocessing technology, networked robotic systems have greatly expanded their perceptual, computational, and execution capabilities, with high efficiency, low cost, and strong functionality advantages. As a typical distributed cyber-physical system (DCPS), which is an intelligent system that integrates computing, communication, and control, networked robotic systems can perform higher-level tasks by sharing information and working together. It can provide intelligent control and monitoring of a physical process, such as environment observation, information collection, and search and rescue, etc. Thus, coordination control of networked robotic systems has become the focus of scholars worldwide. However, the sensing, communication, and control integration of networked robotic systems make them face unprecedented network security threats, in which cyber attacks have become a major hidden danger to the reliable operation of autonomous unmanned systems. Although existing control methods can achieve swarm collaborative control of networked robotic systems, the protection of which, especially the security of control systems, is rarely addressed.

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Java Programming For Robotic Development With Simbad And Webots


Free Download Java Programming For Robotic Development With Simbad And Webots: A Hands-on Beginner’s Guide to Building Autonomous Robots with Simbad, Webots, Artificial … Real-World Applications by Alex Caldwell
English | November 1, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DLS6KLZN | 184 pages | EPUB | 0.36 Mb
Unlock the potential of Java programming for robotic development with Simbad and Webots.This comprehensive guide provides a hands-on introduction to designing and building intelligent robots using Java, Simbad, and Webots.

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Intelligent Robotic Systems


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English | 1991 | pages: 737 | ISBN: 082478135X | PDF | 150,5 mb
A multiplicity of techniques and angles of attack are incorporated in 18 contributions describing recent developments in the structure, architecture, programming, control, and implementation of industrial robots capable of performing intelligent action and decision making. Annotation copyright Book

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Atlas of Robotic Thoracic Surgery


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English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 279 Pages | ISBN : 3319645064 | 142.90 MB
This book represents the definitive robotic thoracic surgery atlas, containing didactic material necessary to facilitate effective practice in thoracic surgery and to provide learning tools in these methods both to practicing surgeons and to those in training. It defines the complete operative pathway for each procedure for surgeons who wish to be a complete robotic cardiothoracic surgeon and includes hints and procedural pitfalls derived from the experiences of chapter contributors.

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7th EAI International Conference on Robotic Sensor Networks


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031644948 | 205 Pages | PDF (True) | 12 MB
This book presents the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Robotics and Networks 2023 (EAI ROSENET 2023). The conference explores the integration of networks, communications, and robotic technologies, which has become a topic of increasing interest for both researchers and developers from academic fields and industries worldwide. The authors posit that big networks will be the main approach to the next generation of robotic research, with the explosive number of communications and networks models and increasing computational power of computers significantly extending the number of potential applications for robotic technologies while also bringing new challenges to the communications and networking community. The conference provided a platform for researchers to share up-to-date scientific achievements in this field. The conference takes place at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Türkiye on 15-16 December 2023.

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Robotic Object Recognition Using Vision and Touch


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English | PDF | 1987 | 179 Pages | ISBN : 0898382459 | 17.2 MB
This work describes a multi-sensor system for robotic object recogni- tion tasks that integrates passive stereo vision and active, exploratory tactile sensing. The complementary nature of these sensing modalities allows the system to discover the underlying 3-D structure of the objects to be recog- nized. This structure is embodied in rich, hierarchical, viewpoint- independent 3-D models of the objects which include curved surfaces, con- cavities and holes. The vision processing provides sparse 3-D data about regions of interest that are then actively explored by the tactile sensor which is mounted on the end of a robotic manipulator. A robust hierarchical pro- cedure has been developed to integrate the visual and tactile data into accu- rate 3-D surface and feature primitives. This integration of vision and touch provides geometric measures of the surfaces and features that are used in a matching phase to find model objects that are consistent with the sensory data. Methods for verification of the hypothesis are presented, including the sensing of visually occluded areas with the tactile sensor. A number of experiments have been performed using real sensors and real, noisy data to demonstrate the utility of these methods and the ability of such a system to recognize objects that would be difficult for a system using vision alone.

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Robotic Grasping and Fine Manipulation


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English | PDF | 1985 | 190 Pages | ISBN : 1468468936 | 13.1 MB
When a person picks up a metal part and clamps it in the chuck of a lathe, he begins with his arm, proceeds with his wrist and finishes with his fingers. The arm brings the part near the chuck. The wrist positions the part, giving it the proper orientation to slide in. After the part is inserted, the wrist and fingers make tiny corrections to ensure that it is correctly seated. Today’s robot attempting the same operations is at a grave disadvantage if it has to make all motions with the arm. The following work investigates the use of robotic wrists and hands to help industrial robots perform the fine motions needed in a metal working cell. Chapters 1 and 2 are an introduction to the field and a review of previous investigations on related subjects. Little work has been done on grasping and fine manipulation with a robot hand or wrist, but the related subjects of robot arm dynamics and control have an extensive literature.

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RobArch 2012 Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design


Free Download Rob|Arch 2012: Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan, Johannes Braumann
English | PDF (True) | 2012 | 321 Pages | ISBN : 3709114640 | 42.7 MB
This volume collects about 20 contributions on the topic of robotic construction methods. It is a proceedings volume of the robarch2012 symposium and workshop, which will take place in December 2012 in Vienna. Contributions will explore the current status quo in industry, science and practitioners. The symposium will be held as a biennial event. This book is to be the first of the series, comprising the current status of robotics in architecture, art and design.

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